Happy Home Academy

After you unlock
the Happy Home Academy,
you will find Lyle running the Happy Home Academy in Nook Housing.
He can tell you how to improve
your interior design. Your house earns points for meeting certain conditions.
You can win prizes in the mail by having more points.
This page explains
how to get the most HHA points.

Earning HHA Points

Basic Points

Each piece of furniture has a basic point value. More unusual furniture, such as rare furniture
obtained from events, is often worth more HHA points.

Furniture Series Bonus

A furniture Series consists of a wallpaper, carpet, and 11 pieces of
furniture.
Please see the series, sets, and themes
page for a full list of furniture series.
If you have an
entire furniture series, you get an HHA bonus. The following table explains how many points you get.

Conditions

HHA Points

Have all 11 pieces of furniture from a series in a single room, but not the matching
wallpaper or carpet.

20000

Have all 11 pieces of furniture from a series in a single room, and the matching wallpaper
OR carpet (but not both)

25000

Have all 11 pieces of furniture from a series in a single room, and both the matching wallpaper
and carpet

30000

Set Bonus

A furniture set is a group of related furniture that does not include a
wallpaper or carpet.
Please see the series, sets, and themes
page for a full list of furniture sets.
You get a bonus of 1000 HHA points for each set that you put in a single room.

Life Necessities

There are certain types of furniture that are considered to be required for the basic necessities
of life. These types of furniture are: chair, drawers, dresser, table, and bed. You get bonus points
for having all five of these in a single room, with an additional bonus if they're all from the same
set.

Conditions

Points

A chair, drawers, dresser, table, and bed all in the same room, but not all from the
set

2500

A chair, drawers, dresser, table, and bed all in the same room, all from the
set

5000

Lucky Bonus

Certain items are considered lucky at certain times of year. Having one of these items
in your house at the right time
If you display certain furniture at certain times of year, you get a happy bonus of 7777 points.
However, even if you have multiples of the same item, that item only counts once.
The table below lists the items and when to display them.

Items

When to Get it

When to Display

New Year Hat

Countdown

All year

Birthday items

Your Birthday

On your birthday

Villager Pictures

April Fool's Day or from villager friendship

You only get the bonus if the animal in the picture currently lives in your town

Multi-season Fish

From fishing

You get a bonus for displaying
fish that can be caught during more than one season (spring, summer, autumn, winter).
Display the fish during a season when it can be caught.

Multi-season Bugs

Using the bug net

You get a bonus for displaying
bugs that can be caught during more than one season (spring, summer, autumn, winter).
Display the bugs during a season when it can be caught.

Category Bonus

There are five categories of items. If you have at least three items from the same category in
a room, you get a bonus.

Items

Points

At least three from the same category:
Musical Instruments, Plants, Art, Models (includes mini-fossils), Dolls

200 points per item in the same category

Feng Shui Bonus

If you put items of a certain color in the proper area of a room,
it increases your Feng Shui.
You get 300 HHA points for each item of the proper color in the proper area.

Color Bonus

If a room has at least 8 pieces of furniture in it (not including wallpaper and carpet),
and most of those items have the same color, you can get a color bonus.

Conditions

Points

At least 8 pieces of furniture in the same room, and 70% or more (up to 89%)
of those pieces of furniture
have the same color.

300 points per furniture item

At least 8 pieces of furniture in the same room, and at least 90%
of those pieces of furniture
have the same color.

600 points per furniture item

Theme Bonus

There are eight themes that a piece of furniture, wallpaper, carpet, and
some clothing can have:
Harmonious,
Rustic,
Antique,
Trendy,
Fairy Tale,
Sci-Fi,
Quirky,
and Toy Shop.
Please see the furniture and items
by theme page to see which items belong to which themes.
Similar to the color bonus, if you have at least
8 items in the same room, and most of them have the same theme, you
get a bonus.

Conditions

Points

At least 8 things in the same room, and 70% or more (up to 89%)
of those things
have the same theme.

300 points per item

At least 8 things in the same room, and at least 90%
of those things
have the same theme.

600 points per item

Penalties

You can lose HHA points by leaving items on the floor that could be placed on a table,
or arranging furniture in such a way that you can't interact with it (a jukebox facing the wall,
for example).

Conditions

Penalties

Item left on the floor that could be placed on a table

-1 point per item

Item that can't be used because it's facing a wall or is behind something